The Risks of taking Testosterone by Arnold R. Lopez, LCSW I’ve been a marriage therapist for 37 years and have a strong sense of the common pitfalls within marriages. From codependency issues, substance abuse, sexual abuse issues and more. About 5 years ago I started to see something in my practice I hadn’t seen before. More and more individuals and couples I was working with were using testosterone replacement therapy. This started to create problems in their relationships from rage, hypersexual disorder, extra martial affairs and more. It has become very fashionable for peopleRead More

This week the US Surgeon General,Vivek H. Murthy, M.D., M.B.A.made the headlines when he launched a movement to end the Opioid crisis. He sent a letter to the 2.3 million American physicians requesting their help to end this crisis through the Turn The Tide Rx Movement: http://turnthetiderx.org/ Over the past two years, I’ve had thousands of people visit my website www.testosteroneaddiction.com searching for education, understanding and research regarding testosterone replacement therapy. An ongoing theme I hear from the spouses of those using testosterone replacement is, “My husband (or wife) is out of control.” TheyRead More

When the concept of Testosterone Addiction was introduced to group therapists and behavioral health professionals there was an overwhelming response. Three therapists, who have patients addicted to steroids in the form of testosterone, said their patients’ lives had become a shambles. During the past year and a half I have spoken with thousands of people, some who have told me about a spouse who uses testosterone and how it has negatively affected their relationships. One said, “My husband started taking testosterone and he became an angry, aggressive sex driven person,”Read More